I like this guy. :)

Two or three years ago, I'd have disagreed with you, but now I agree. I wrote a piece a few years ago on the area of multimedia, and how it was better than Windows, but now the rest of GNU has caught up. Ubuntu has certainly led the way, and I'm glad for that. The only change I want to see is a move away from reliance in repositories, they're great when they work (ie. Ubuntu, yay!), but shocking for anything slightly old or obscure.

Plus, what if the program I want isn't in the repositories? I get this all the time! For me, Linux is great, because I'm using Ubuntu, and I'd recommend it to anyone, but for those who aren't using Ubuntu and have need for other distros, a shift in thinking to distro neutral packaging would be awesome (ie. Autopackage, Zero Install, etc).

But yes, yay Linux, I think we're pretty much there now. :)